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Monday, January 19, 2015

Crystal City called for
him, and Kevin answered. And why wouldn’t he? His relationship with his
father is broken—as is his arm. With barely anyone to miss him or care
if he’s gone, it seemed like the perfect time for Kevin to run away to
his estranged uncle and create an entirely new identity. New name. New
attitude. New friends. Maybe even a new girl.

From the first
moment of adventure, Kevin’s life takes a turn for the exciting. Making
friends seems easy with his new persona, especially when a group of
homeless beach bums instantly includes him in their crew. But do they
like the real Kevin, or the guy he’s pretending to be? And will this new
lifestyle help Kevin escape from the misery of his former life—or will
it drag him right back into the reasons he left home?

Grace
can best be described as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is
also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in
the world and Grace has spent every summer of her childhood running
across the roofs of Embassy Row.

Now, at age sixteen, she's come
back to stay - in order to solve the mystery of her mother's death. In
the process, she uncovers an international conspiracy of unsettling
proportions, and must choose her friends and watch her foes carefully if
she and the world are to be saved.

Five teenagers sit
around a bonfire in the middle of the New Mexico desert. They don’t know
it yet, but they are about to make the biggest sacrifice of their
lives.

Lo has a family history of MS, and is starting to come down with all the symptoms.Thomas, a former child soldier from Liberia, is plagued by traumatic memories of his war-torn past.Kaya would do anything to feel physical pain, but a rare condition called CIP keeps her numb.Ellen can’t remember who she was before she started doing drugs.Kit lost his girlfriend in a car accident and now he just can’t shake his newfound fear of death.

When they trade totems as a symbol of shedding and adopting one another’s sorrows, they think it’s only an exercise.

But in the morning, they wake to find their burdens gone…and replaced with someone else’s.

As the reality of the ritual unfolds, this unlikely group of five
embarks on a week of beautiful, terrifying experiences that all
culminate in one perfect truth: In the end, your soul is stronger than
your burdens.